• Home
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • LATIF
  • Conferences
  • Dashboard
  • Edit My Profile
  • Log In
  • Logout
  • Register
  • Edit this post

Room 151

  • 151 BRIEF

    What's New?

  • Inflation ‘biggest concern for LGPS professionals’

    May 20, 2022

  • LGA calls for government support as regulators face staffing issues

    May 19, 2022

  • WMCA signs £4bn investment agreement with L&G

    May 18, 2022

  • Bill will give UK Infrastructure Bank power to lend directly to councils

    May 18, 2022

  • £400bn pension group collaborates on climate transition initiative

    May 17, 2022

  • CIPFA rejects proposal for vote on publication of fraud hub report

    May 17, 2022

  • Treasury
  • Technical
  • Funding
  • Resources
  • LGPS
  • Development
  • 151 News
  • Blogs
    • David Green
    • Agent 151
    • Dan Bates
    • Richard Harbord
    • Stephen Sheen
    • James Bevan
    • Steve Bishop
    • Cllr John Clancy
    • David Crum
    • Graham Liddell
    • Ian O’Donnell
    • Jackie Shute
  • Interviews
  • Briefs

Yearly Archive: 2022

  • Recessions vs de-leveraging 0
    • in Blogs · James Bevan
    • — 28 Dec, 2011

    Recessions vs de-leveraging

    The current recovery is playing out differently than past ones because a de-leveraging cycle is at its heart different than a typical Central Bank-controlled cycle. A typical recession is an[…]

    Read more
    European data – numbers that matter 0
    • in Blogs · James Bevan
    • — 26 Dec, 2011

    European data – numbers that matter

    Next week, we’re due Final GDP data for France (due Tuesday), which looks likely to remain unchanged from its provisional estimates of 1.6% YoY. Euroland money supply figures for November[…]

    Read more
  • Federated Investors to acquire Prime Rate 0
    • in Recent Posts · Treasury
    • — 22 Dec, 2011

    Federated Investors to acquire Prime Rate

    Prime Rate Capital Management LLP announced today that, subject to the relevant regulatory approvals, it is to be acquired by Federated Investors, Inc, one of the world’s largest cash managers[…]

    Read more
    Three wise men? 0
    • in Blogs · David Green · Recent Posts
    • — 22 Dec, 2011

    Three wise men?

    We three kings of credit risk are
    Bearing ratings we travel afar
    Bank and company, council and country
    Following yonder AAA

    Read more
  • Money market funds 2011/12 – David Rothon speaks to Room151 0
    • in Treasury
    • — 21 Dec, 2011

    Money market funds 2011/12 – David Rothon speaks to Room151

    David Rothon is Senior Vice President, Director of Cash & Fixed Income Product Management at Northern Trust Global Investments. Room151: How have the positions in your money market fund changed[…]

    Read more
    ECB LTRO analysis 0
    • in Blogs · James Bevan · Recent Posts
    • — 21 Dec, 2011

    ECB LTRO analysis

    The first of the ECB’s two 36-month long-term repo operations (LTRO) take place today, Wednesday, December 21st. This ultra-long-term refinancing operation (the next will be held on February 29th 2012)[…]

    Read more
  • What would work for Euroland? 0
    • in Blogs · James Bevan
    • — 20 Dec, 2011

    What would work for Euroland?

    The European situation deteriorated steadily and seriously through the course of 2011. The failure of policymakers to stem contagion effectively from haircuts on Greek government debt, as well as the[…]

    Read more
    Simon Parker: bonds, property & Enterprise Zones 0
    • in Interviews · Recent Posts · Resources
    • — 19 Dec, 2011

    Simon Parker: bonds, property & Enterprise Zones

    Simon Parker is director of New Local Government Network. He started his career in journalism and has since worked in management consultancy, lobbying and research, most recently as a fellow[…]

    Read more
  • Launch of the Kent Big Society Fund to help social enterprises grow 0
    • in Recent Posts
    • — 19 Dec, 2011

    Launch of the Kent Big Society Fund to help social enterprises grow

    A new fund providing £3 million of loans for new and existing social enterprises in Kent will be launched by Kent County Council in partnership with the Kent Community Foundation.[…]

    Read more
    ECB reliant on ‘confidence’ 0
    • in Blogs · James Bevan · Recent Posts
    • — 19 Dec, 2011

    ECB reliant on ‘confidence’

    We should be reluctant to ascribe either recessions or even recoveries to changes in the level of the nebulous concept of “confidence” because consumer confidence indices only have a weak[…]

    Read more
  • Next Page »
  • Register to become a Room151 user

  • Latest tweets

    Room151 1 hour ago

    2022 LGPS valuations: difficult discussions in uncertain times: Michelle Doman looks at the impact of inflationary pressures, the war in Ukraine, climate risk and Covid-19 on employer contributions. At the start of 2022, for Local Government Pension… dlvr.it/SQlvy9 pic.twitter.com/Dd0lrHjWNb

    Room151 4 hours ago

    Investing today: nowhere to hide: Partner Content: Alex Stanley from Ardea Investment Management suggests that investors have few places to hide amid a synchronised sell-off in both bonds and equities. However, there are catalysts that[...] dlvr.it/SQlNVC pic.twitter.com/KkGGnduzPL

    Room151 1 day ago

    Treasury to restrict PWLB loans to councils at risk of non-repayment: The Treasury has released new guidance that restricts local authorities’ access to Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) advances if there is a “more than negligible risk” of a council’s… dlvr.it/SQhLTV pic.twitter.com/vBsS7xMJdb

    Room151 1 day ago

    Mixed reaction to proposed government intervention powers: There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s legislative plans to strengthen its intervention powers over local authority finances. The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill has proposed… dlvr.it/SQhLMB pic.twitter.com/50foWxpPGs

    Room151 1 day ago

    Post-Brexit struggles for national and local government regulators. @LGAcomms @NAOorguk Click the link below to read 🔻🔻 room151.co.uk/brief/lga-call… #Brexit #government pic.twitter.com/s3c8ySGy5G

    Room151 1 day ago

    CIPFA: a question of transparency: Roman Haluszczak’s campaign for publication of the independent report into the collapse of CIPFA’s London Counter Fraud Hub has been rejected again by the institute. He is now calling for[...] dlvr.it/SQgC5V pic.twitter.com/08fWsHFF4g

    Room151 2 days ago

    Back to the future for the PWLB: The Public Works Loan Board is tightening its lending criteria to ensure that loans will be repaid by local government borrowers. But, asks Peter Findlay, shouldn’t they have been doing[...] dlvr.it/SQcmmm pic.twitter.com/bVv4fe0Xlv

    Room151 2 days ago

    Great piece from Peter Findlay on the PWLB’s tightening of its lending criteria. He raises some pointed questions for the Treasury and explains why the ‘casino council’ characterisation was simplistic and inaccurate. #PWLB #localgov room151.co.uk/treasury/back-…

    Room151 2 days ago

    The Queen's speech highlighted the need for accelerating UK infrastructure investment into levelling up projects and cutting emissions. @UKInfraBank #QueensSpeech #ClimateAction #emissions Click the link below to read 🔻🔻 room151.co.uk/brief/bill-wil… pic.twitter.com/hFmF2veVIa

    Room151 2 days ago

    Huge funding heading to the @WestMids_CA from @landg. @andy4wm #LevellingUp #netzero #regeneration Click the link below to read 🔻🔻 room151.co.uk/brief/wmca-sig… pic.twitter.com/ajhZhia6mx

    Room151 2 days ago

    LGPS governance, Cagney and Lacey style: What regulatory response can be expected following the publication of the Good Governance project’s Phase 3 report and the closure of the Single Code of Practice consultation? Susan Black offers[...] dlvr.it/SQbfXf pic.twitter.com/xwqHOEu2AP

    Room151 3 days ago

    More evidence of the importance of emerging markets in the journey to net-zero. @BordertoCoast @BrunelPP @northernlgps @EAPensionFund @WYPF_LGPS Click the link below to read 🔻🔻 #LGPS #NetZero #NetZeroCarbon #EmergingMarkets room151.co.uk/brief/400bn-pe… pic.twitter.com/qCm0EGxzLn

  • Categories

    • 151 News
    • Agent 151
    • Audit
    • Blogs
    • Business rates
    • Chris Buss
    • Cllr John Clancy
    • Council tax
    • Dan Bates
    • David Crum
    • David Green
    • Development
    • Education
    • Forum
    • Funding
    • Governance
    • Graham Liddell
    • Housing
    • Ian O'Donnell
    • Infrastructure
    • Interviews
    • Jackie Shute
    • James Bevan
    • Jobs
    • Levelling up
    • LGPS
    • Mark Finnegan
    • Net Zero
    • Private markets
    • Recent Posts
    • Regulation
    • Resources
    • Responsible investing
    • Richard Harbord
    • Risk management
    • Social care
    • Stephen Fitzgerald
    • Stephen Sheen
    • Steve Bishop
    • Technical
    • Transport
    • Treasury
    • Uncategorized
    • William Bourne
  • Archives

    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • 2011

© Copyright 2022 Room 151. Typegrid Theme by WPBandit.